Spiced Apple Loaf Cake with Sweet Cinnamon Sugar
Early autumn is all about apple and spice for me. This apple spiced loaf cake full of cinnamon-ey goodness is what dreams are made of.
Equipment
- Stand mixer with whisk attachment
- Loaf Pan
- Greaseproof Paper for lining loaf pan
Ingredients
- 240 g Plain Flour
- 2 tbsp Baking Powder
- Half tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- 120 ml Rapeseed Oil or other vegetable oil
- 255 g Buttermilk
- 180 g Soft Light Brown Sugar
- 2 Medium Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 200 g Peeled Apples + additional half apple for decoration (optional)
- 1 tsp Cinnamon for cinnamon sugar
- 1 tbsp Light Brown Caster Sugar for cinnamon sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180 C
- Line loaf pan with baking paper
- Combine caster sugar & cinnamon for 'cinnamon sugar' in a bowl & set aside for later
- Mix your dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, cinnamon, salt and baking powder
- In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix together the light brown sugar and buttermilk to combine
- Slowly drizzle in your oil, with the mixer on, turning the speed to 'high' for 30-60 seconds to allow the oil to combine into the sugar/buttermilk mixture.
- Keep mixing your wet ingredients on low, adding in the eggs & vanilla
- Turn mixer to high for 30 seconds, ensuring all ingredients fully combined
- Combine dry ingredients into wet - stir just enough to combine (don't over-mix here)
- Fold in your chopped apples
- Transfer cake mix to your lined loaf dish
- Slice 1/2 apple thinly (3-4 slices) for decoration
- Add decorative apple slices & cinnamon sugar mix to the top of the load
- Bake for 55 minutes on 180 C
- Remove & transfer to wire rack, allow to cool before slicing
Notes
On adding your oil to the buttermilk / sugar mixture, it might take a moment to incorporate in due to the fat & oil contents - just give it a moment on high speed and it will emulsify together